Bad Weather Brings Down Lawn Chair Balloonists

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 16, 2012 @03:21AM from the dull-the-sharpest-mind dept.

Kent Couch and Fareed Lafta had their dreams of setting a world's record for the longest two-man cluster balloon flight dashed by bad weather and not kids with bb guns as you might expect. The men tied 350 balloons to lawn chairs and planned on flying from Bend, Oregon to Montana. The pair flew for about 30 minutes before having to land. From the article: "A post at the Facebook page for the project said wind had turned the balloonists around and pushed them back toward the town of Prineville, Oregon, and that thunderstorms heading toward the area were 'simply too much' for the balloons."

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What *NOT* to do.... by mark-t · 2012-07-16 03:28 · Score: -1, Troll

People who do this kind of stuff make me wonder whether or not evolution has even started happening yet.

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What Slashdot needs by cvtan · 2012-07-16 03:33 · Score: -1, Troll

A "Morons" tag like Fark.

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